| Democratic Rally Δημοκρατικός Συναγερμός |
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| Leader | Nicos Anastasiades |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Headquarters | Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Ideology | Conservatism, Liberal conservatism, Christian democracy, Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International, International Democrat Union |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| European Parliament Group | European People's Party |
| Official colours | Blue |
| House of Representatives |
20 / 59
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| European Parliament |
2 / 6
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| Website | |
| disy.org.cy | |
| Politics of Cyprus Political parties Elections |
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The Democratic Rally (Greek: Δημοκρατικός Συναγερμός, Dimokratikós Sinayermós, DISY), is a centre-right political party in Cyprus, led by Nicos Anastasiades.
The party was founded on 4 July 1976 by veteran politician Glafkos Klerides. Clerides served as Cyprus president from 1993 until 2003.
DISY is a member of the European People's Party (EPP). In the 2004 European Parliamentary Election it gained the 28.2% of the vote, and elected 2 MEPs, Ioannis Casoulides and Panayiotis Demetriou, who joined the EPP-ED Group along with former DISY president Yannakis Matsis.
The leaders of Democratic Rally supported the Annan Plan for the re-unification of Cyprus. Following the rejection by the Greek Cypriot Community, four MPs (Sillouris, Prodromou, Erotokritou, Taramoundas) who had opposed the party line were expelled and a number of members willingly resigned. The expelled MPs formed a party called European Democracy. In 2005 European Democracy merged with New Horizons and created European Party. Former party president Yiannakis Matsis headed a splinter coalition For Europe in the European Parliamentary Election. Matsis gained a seat in the European parliament, also joining the EPP group (he is still a member of DISY).
In the elections of 21 May 2006, the party won 30.52% and 18 out of 56 seats. In the elections of 22 May 2011, the party won 34.27% and 20 out of 56 seats.
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